Irish women want more sex - and if they’re not getting it at home, they’ll find it elsewhere, a study claims.

And when they do play away, the action is better than with their husbands or boyfriends.

The data, collected by cheating website Victoria Milan, also shows more than seven out of 10 of its female members (72.4%) are not having their sexual needs met by their long-term partner, leading them to stray.

According to the data analysis, 65% of the cheating women surveyed say they climax more with their lover than their partner, while 19.6% or nearly a fifth, say they fake their orgasms with their partner half of the time.

More than 3,000 women - many of them in Ireland - were surveyed by the site.

The results also showed more than a quarter of girls said they need a stronger physical connection to make their sex lives better, while 40% are lacking both a physical and emotional bond.

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When it comes to choosing what they lack the most in their current sex life, “not having enough sex” and “not getting enough oral pleasure” are the two main reasons that cheating women look for a fling outside their relationship.

But being more adventurous with positions and locations, and inviting a third person into the bedroom are low on the list of reasons why women stray, with less than 10% bothered with these as the reason for taking on multiple lovers.

Sigurd Vedal, founder and CEO of Victoria Milan, said that the research answers the question men have been asking for years: what do women want?

He said: “It’s no longer a taboo subject—women love having sex, and if their partner isn’t giving them enough, they will go and find it elsewhere.

“In addition, women have categorically told us they have better sex with their lovers than their partners.”